Category: Hospitals / Sanatoriums

Pabellón de Niños Hallway | Sanatorio Carlos Durán

🔍 Pabellón de Niños Hallway | Sanatorio Carlos Durán 🏥 📍 Tierra Blanca, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Once the children’s ward of a 1918 tuberculosis sanatorium, this corridor now sits abandoned — its walls layered with painted handprints left by decades of visitors.

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Former Administrative Building at Dr. Carlos Duran Sanatorium

🔍 Former Admin Building | Sanatorio Durán 🏚️ 📍 Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Built in 1918 on the slopes of Irazú Volcano, the Sanatorio Durán was the only tuberculosis treatment facility in all of Central America — and today it’s considered one of…

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Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium (Window View from Attic), Costa Rica

🔍 Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium (Window View from Attic) 🪟 📍 Seen in Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 To imagine that through this same window, years ago, hundreds of patients with various illnesses also looked out… yes… it gives me goosebumps just thinking about…

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Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium (Window View from Room), Costa Rica

🔍 Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium (window view from a room) 🪟 📍 Seen in Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 A nice but gloomy view from one of the rooms of the Durán Sanatorium in Costa Rica. Photo Location: Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica Year Opened:…

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Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium Morgue, Costa Rica

🔍 Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium Morgue 🏥 📍 Seen in Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 A gloomy hallway leads to one of the most sinister places in the Carlos Durán Sanatorium, the Morgue. Some people report feeling a heavy, cold atmosphere when walking through…

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Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium (Panoramic View), Costa Rica

🔍 Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium (Panoramic View) 🏥 📍 Seen in Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 The Dr. Carlos Durán Sanatorium, a large and eerie-looking building that could house up to 300 patients. Photo Location: Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica Year Opened: 1918 Architectural Style:…

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